Sacramento Natural Foods Co-Op and Parking Structure

Sacramento, CA

The Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, established in 1973, reopened in a vibrant new structure a few blocks from its original store. Home to an expanded market, café and delicatessen, administrative offices, meeting rooms and classrooms with a full commercial demonstration kitchen, the complicated infill site was once a junkyard. The adjacent tilt-up concrete parking structure includes electric vehicle charging stations and a large enclosed bicycle storage and maintenance room for staff. The store and parking structure were required to seamlessly blend structurally and aesthetically with the surrounding stores and public right of way. This was accomplished through the use of green screens for vegetation growth to blend in with existing established trees that were preserved during construction. The resulting project has been well received by members of the community at-large and has taken its place as a vital new Sacramento civic amenity.